An advanced U.S. military anti-missile system was used in Israel to try to intercept a projectile for the first time since President Joe Biden placed the system in Israel in October, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Friday.

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It was the first time the Thaad system had been used to defend the Jewish state against Iranian-manufactured weaponry.